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The Green Butchers

2003 · 100 min

A wry, unsettling comedy that finds quiet desperation and unexpected warmth in a small-town butcher shop.

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Overview: Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
guilt
family
isolation
redemption
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Written by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse, Nicolas Bro, Aksel Erhardtsen, Bodil Jørgensen, Ole Thestrup, Lily Weiding
Music: Jeppe Kaas
Cinematography: Sebastian Blenkov
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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